re: airbnb discourse
in college I worked as a server at an upscale steakhouse. we had a few different steak sauces that were made from scratch daily. they were expensive to make, and less than half of the customers that ordered steak wanted sauce, so the restaurant charged $3 for it
we got complaints constantly. just at my own tables, half a dozen times a week I'd get complaints about being "nickel and dimed" for $3 of sauce on a $70 steak. a few times a month someone would mention it in an angry online review, or ask to speak to a manager and demand that it be removed from the bill because "who the hell charges for condiments?"
after several years of this, finally management had enough. they raised the price of every steak by $3, and now complimentary sauce was included with each steak on request. want to hazard a guess about how many customers complained about the $3 price increase on steak? essentially zero.
it was great, from the restaurants perspective! no more complaints, and instead of making $3 on 40% of steak orderers, they made $3 on all of them. and the customers were much happier, despite this deal being absolutely, unequivocally worse for them.
consumers are not rational agents from microeconomics textbooks. very often the *feeling* of what they're being charged for matters way more than the absolute value of what they're being charged. I think that's more or less what happening with airbnb. people don't want to be charged a cleaning fee and then also told they have to clean, even if in the counterfactual world the additional cleaning fee is more than they'd be willing to pay someone to do the required cleaning. a $100 cleaning fee *feels* better than a $50 cleaning fee + "load the dishwasher and take the trash out to the dumpster", even though most people would not pay $50 to not have to do that.
The naysayers are getting embarrassing. Every day, people are using AI to make incredible breakthroughs and answer some of the toughest questions around, like "what do I like about my child?"
i once knew this girl who hated being the center of attention so she threw a “casual” party, got married mid-celebration, wore a dress that fully showed her 4-month bump, and cut a cake that was blue inside. girl literally said: THERE. i’m married, pregnant, and it’s a boy. we’re done. GOODBYE.
NFL player Matthew Judon is making headlines after Arabia Iman revealed their unconventional family living arrangement.
Arabia, who shares a 7-year-old son, Roman, with Judon, revealed that they all live under the same roof as his girlfriend, Lex, who is currently eight months pregnant with his child.
Lex also has two children, ages 7 and 8, from a previous relationship, bringing the household to three adults, three children, and another baby on the way.
Arabia describes their living situation as an “unorthodox family” and says they plan to give the public a glimpse into their everyday lives.
(🎥Arabia Iman/IG)
The most overqualified coordinator in the league, but people will twist themselves into a pretzel to justify him not getting another head coach job when the only consistent predictor of head coach viability is who the best coordinators are lol
That’s fine, but just like y’all get “the ick” based on arbitrary attributes we can also be turned off by someone needing constant outside attention and validation
i hate that yall act like a women’s value changes depending on how modest she dresses lol i know a bunch of hoes that cheat that are always fully clothed lol
People keep telling me what the Jaguars need to do to be “championship level” whilst every other contender has a big ass, glaring flaw more obvious than any flaw you can see on the Jaguars